about
Hilal Isler’s writing has appeared in the Paris Review, the Brooklyn Review, the LA Review of Books online, & in McSweeney’s.
She's been awarded residency at Yaddo & MacDowell, & was named a Roxane Gay writing fellow by the Jack Jones Literary Arts Association. She is a 2022 Periplus fellow, under the mentorship of author Dina Nayeri.
Hilal's work has been recognized & funded by the Jerome Foundation, & the National Endowment for the Arts. She reads for the literary journal Ploughshares. Her doctorate is from the University of Pennsylvania, & she is founding editor of the Hennepin Review.
Recent fiction
something for nothing / wildness / winter, 2019, issue 25
nominated: pen/robert j. dau short story prize , 2021
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other writing
boxing in riyadh / new york magazine, the cut / january, 2020
*featured in "one great story," new york’s reading recommendation newsletter.
awards & fellowships
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